Service difficulty report · None · Bolkms BK117C2

Difficulty date
June 24, 2024
Submitted
June 26, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N145TJ
Make and model
Bolkms BK117C2
Aircraft serial
9197
Aircraft time
4,748 hours, 21,715 cycles
Part
None
Condition
None
Location
None
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER LANDING MEDICAL CREW NOTICED OIL LEAKING FROM CEILING OF THE CREW COMPARTMENT. REMOVED THE CENTER OVERHEAD INTERIOR PANEL AND THEN THE MAIN TRANSMISSION DRIP PAN. THERE WAS SOME RESIDUAL OIL THAT DIDN’T SEEM TO MAKE IT DOWN THE DRAIN HOLES, BUT THE OIL PRESENCE WAS MINIMAL. CLEANED ALL TRACES OF OIL AND VERIFIED OIL LEVELS IN THE ENGINES AND MAIN TRANSMISSION AND THEN REASSEMBLED EVERYTHING AND RETURNED THEM TO SERVICE.